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readers know that despite her monstrousness, Grendels mother is considered to be human (Porter). When Grendel enters the mead-ha...

this aspect. Before 1939, the Canadian military women would serve as nurses during the Northwest Rebellion in 1885 as well as in t...

71). This seems to be particularly true for black women, who get caught between the double bind of being female in a male dominate...

professional schools" (Eisenberg and Ruthsdotter, 1998). The results have been amazing: "The number of women doctors, lawyers, eng...

good job or find a second husband. (She does like being married.) She also feels that if she hadnt gotten older, her husband wou...

entire society will suffer. Why limit the contributions of half the population because of the tradition of male dominance? Becau...

was painful or lost" (69). Beloved wants to hear about the diamond earrings that Mrs. Garner gave Sethe to mark her marital union...

evolves because the men in the film are misogynist or because it is something that is a part of Celie, is unclear. Still, it seems...

abilities, illustrating how and why she wears the clothing she does: "I can work outside all day, breaking ice to get water for wa...

who is not incredibly involved in her one daughters life. That daughter is Dee. The other daughter, Maggie, lives with her and the...

herself to be more than just a social or racial icon. Instead, Condoleeza Rice has shown her ability to make decisions, be a part...

be educated together" (Wollstonecraft, 2005). She points out that if marriage is "the cement of society," then all mankind should ...

she can show off to society. In Hansberrys play the story involves a family who is awaiting an inheritance. They all have their ...

"include the collection and disaggregation of employment related data which make it difficult to ascertain the status of various g...

simply did an overview of the movement. One of the things that is most striking about the Seneca Falls convention is that the Dec...

underpinnings for decision and action, nonetheless real for being symbolic. It is my contention that such constellations of enshri...

record of 512 miles, from Chicago, Illinois to Hornell, New York (Bilstein, 2001; House, 2006). When America entered the First Wo...

the story, the children would be summoned, and the narrators father would let them go, saying something to the effect of "to hell ...

she is sent to live with another family and then goes off to Africa on missionary work with them. In essence, Celie is not only ut...

formal education or technical training, women would be hired. The obvious vocational choices were extensions of their housekeepin...

she does "light housekeeping," which is also not consistent with someone who needs assistance getting out of bed. However, the stu...

being suppressed both physically and emotionally for years by brutal treatment, Celie blossoms under the sunshine of Shugs love. A...

women did more than this, and perhaps provided a great deal of the food consumed by families. Figueroa (1996) states that the wome...

the U.S. Maxine Hong Kingston was born in the U.S.; her parents emigrated from Hong Kong. But even though she is American, the pul...

like an angel because she was so caring and helpful, and I couldnt get her, or nursing, out of my mind. I soon realized that nursi...

be defined as a sexual act and it made Peggy uncomfortable. According to the law, it is up to Peggy to do certain things before s...

Much has been written about how womens societal roles have changed over the history of our country. One of the more interesting i...

are giving in to another, and also demonstrating how they are not necessarily self confident or overly concerned about themselves ...

stereotypes about lesser female competence" (Swim et al, 1995, p. 199). Modern sexism, however, is characterized by "the denial of...

methods are more useful when the researcher seeks to determine attitudes and perceptions. Creswell (2003) speaks to the former vi...